Rwanda was recognized as the ‘Most Distinctive Tourist Destination,’ during this expo. This was because of the tourist packages that it exhibited which also included cultural dances.

At Guangzhou International Travel Fair, Rwanda has won the most distinctive tourist award. The fair is among the most popular travel events in China.

Founded in the year 1993, the annual fair’s aim is to bring together the domestic and foreign exhibitors in order to introduce and promote their products.

The fair was organized by Guangzhou Municipal Culture Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.

From February 21-23, this year’s edition ran, and the Embassy of Rwanda in China participated with support of Rwanda Development Board.

This exhibition attracted more than 100 companies from 55 countries.

At this exhibition that was held in China, the Rwandan embassy promoted many tourism products, Made-in-Rwanda products and RwandAir. The RwandAir will soon start its flights to Guangzhou, which is the capital city of Guangdong Province, Southern China.

As per the Rwandan embassy in China, the products from Rwanda were also promoted during the exhibition. It was done through the live streaming on Chinese social media platforms that attracted millions of viewers.

Rwanda was recognized as the ‘Most Distinctive Tourist Destination,’ during this expo as they exhibited tourist packages including cultural dances.

The Ambassador of Rwanda to China, Charles Kayonga, told that

for the Chinese tourists now it has become more convenient to travel to Rwanda as they can book Rwandan tourism products online through the VisitRwanda flagship store on ‘Fliggy,’ a tourist app for Alibaba that is China’s largest e-Commerce platform.

Additionally, he added that RwandAir has planned the commercial flights to Guangzhou. It will also facilitate the trade between both the nations. Not only this, it will also boost tourism and investments as well as China – Africa trade in general.

Last year, Rwanda recorded more than 8000 Chinese tourists and this figure is projected to surge in the year 2019, according to official forecasts.

“I wish to visit Rwanda again very soon, your country is very beautiful and you have an amazing culture,” the Chief of Tuanjie Village in Southern China, Li Chenggang, said this after watching the Rwandan traditional dance performance at the exhibition. Li’s last visit to Rwanda was in the year 2017.

According to Li, there are a host of companies that deal in agriculture and are keen to invest in Rwanda. Apart from this, Rwanda is also getting ready to participate in the 2019 International Horticultural Exhibition. This exhibition will be held in Beijing and the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, the Capital City of Hunan Province in South Central China.